The Last Alarm (1940)

A recently retired fire captain suffers from boredom, until one of his friends is killed battling an arson fire. It becomes his purpose in life to track down the arsonist. As he gets closer to finding the killer, things become dangerous for him and his family.

Released June 25, 1940 61 min None+

Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama

Keywords: tmdb.time-bomb, imdb.time-bomb, imdb.poverty-row-film, imdb.low-budget-film, imdb.stock-footage, imdb.remake, imdb.double-feature-film + 78 more, imdb.deception, imdb.antique-shop-owner, imdb.damsel-in-distress, imdb.cigarette-smoking, imdb.held-at-gunpoint, imdb.police-detective, imdb.retired-fire-chief, imdb.big-city, imdb.fire-department-chief, imdb.violence, imdb.newsreel-footage, imdb.irishman, imdb.grindhouse-film, imdb.insurance, imdb.fireman, imdb.older-person, imdb.b-movie, imdb.detective, imdb.arson-squad, imdb.forced-retirement, imdb.murder, imdb.fire-station, imdb.criminal-profile, imdb.insane-man, imdb.attempted-murder, imdb.insurance-investigator, imdb.silver-statue, imdb.fire-equipment, imdb.crime-lab, imdb.pyromaniac, imdb.arson, imdb.firefighting, imdb.scientific-crime-solving, imdb.death-of-friend, imdb.independent-film, imdb.fire-bomb, imdb.hook-and-ladder, imdb.basement-on-fire, imdb.headlines, imdb.clock-shows-passage-of-time, imdb.arsonist, imdb.killed-in-the-line-of-duty, imdb.honorary, imdb.antique-store, imdb.cut-phone-line, imdb.fire-investigator, imdb.retired, imdb.sliding-down-a-fire-pole, imdb.villain-s-comeuppance, imdb.in-the-nick-of-time, imdb.house-on-fire, imdb.husband-calls-his-wife-mother, imdb.melodrama, imdb.breaking-open-a-door, imdb.adult-daughter-lives-with-her-parents, imdb.fire-pole, imdb.reference-to-vulcan-the-roman-god, imdb.coming-out-of-retirement, imdb.fire-alarm, imdb.door-to-door-salesman, imdb.explosion, imdb.statuette, imdb.father-daughter-relationship, imdb.fire-truck, imdb.husband-wife-relationship, imdb.fire, imdb.fire-chief, imdb.intruder, imdb.boredom, imdb.crowd-of-spectators, imdb.oil-tank-fire, imdb.retirement-dinner, imdb.building-on-fire, imdb.woman-in-danger, imdb.fire-bug, imdb.mother-daughter-relationship, imdb.hospital, aspectratio.1-37-1